Primitive Technology: New Brick Kiln Design
Adults CreativityI cleared an area as a workspace for making bricks, trialed a new source of clay for brick making and tested a new kiln variant that uses fewer bricks than the previous design.
The Fastest Maze-Solving Competition On Earth
Adults CreativityWelcome to Micromouse, the fastest maze-solving competition on Earth.
Primitive Technology: Roasted Ore and Shell Flux Smelt
Adults CreativityI tested 2 ways of improving iron smelts by treating the ore, roasting the ore and using snail shells as a flux. Then finally I recycled old slag to see if it would produce any more iron.
How Quantum Computers Break The Internet
Adults CreativityA quantum computer in the next decade could crack the encryption our society relies on using Shor's Algorithm.
Primitive Technology: Iron Bacteria Cement
Adults CreativityI developed a cement made from iron bacteria, then made pots from it to test its ability to set and not dissolve in water.
rimitive Technology: Decarburization of iron and forging experiments
Adults CreativityI took a brittle, high carbon/iron alloy (cast iron) made from local ore and used a decarburization method to reduce it's carbon content making it malleable and forged it flat by hammering.
How James Gandolfini Navigates Emotion
Adults CreativityThe Nerdwriter is a series of video essays about art, culture, politics, philosophy and more.
Why New Zealand is Finally Getting its First Subway
Adults CreativityNew Zealand is building its biggest ever transport infrastructure project.
How This Chalk Artist Creates Illusions on Pavement | Obsessed | WIRED
Adults Creativity"Everything we think is real is, in some way, an illusion." Former NASA illustrator Kurt Wenner makes incredible, brain-busting chalk illusions. His works start with diligent planning, beginning with pencil and paper.
The Science Behind James Cameron’s Avatar
Adults CreativityJames Cameron is diving into the deep: this time, into the oceans of an alien world. The director shares how Earth's oceans inspired The Way of Water—and his hope it will motivate viewers to protect our own planet.
Testing Shoes That Make You Walk 250% Faster
Adults CreativityWhat if you could walk way faster without trying any harder? Moonwalkers basically put an electric moving sidewalk right under your feet.
Primitive Technology: Pottery Wheel
Adults CreativityI made a small pottery wheel to form pots on. A pottery wheel is a small table on which pottery is formed that is able to be rotated about an axis to form more symmetrical pots.
What Is The Best Shape For A Farm?
Adults CreativityThe shape of a farm can tell you a surprising amount about the land it's on and the people that use it.
Primitive Technology: Purifying Clay By Sedimentation and Making Pots
Adults CreativityNaturally occurring clay usually has impurities such as rocks and sand in it. There's a way to remove these by mixing the clay in suspension and draining that water off leaving the impurities behind....
Primitive Technology: Rock-Throwing Catapult (Trebuchet)
Adults CreativityI built a trebuchet, a type of catapult that uses a counter weight to store gravitational potential energy which is then used to fire a projectile via a sling.
Primitive Technology: Making Iron From Creek Sand
Adults CreativityI made iron from ordinary sand in the creek. Sand contains a minor proportion of iron in the form of magnetite (and some hematite), the rest of the sand being other non iron minerals such as silica.
How Does A Carburetor Work?
Adults CreativityAir flows into the top of the carburetor from the car's air intake, passing through a filter that cleans it of debris..
Primitive Technology: Brick Firing Kiln
Adults CreativityPrimitive Technology: Brick Firing Kiln – building a brink firing kiln from scratch.
Engineering with Origami
Adults CreativityOrigami is inspiring a plethora of new engineering designs.
Why Don't We Have Water Powered Cars Yet?
Adults CreativityToday we're dipping our toes into the engineering and physics behind water-powered cars!